Table 2.
Study measures.
| Measures | Scale or description | |
| Primary outcomes | ||
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Acceptability | System Usability Scale, Client Satisfaction Questionnaire, and exit interviews |
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Feasibility | Retention rate ≥85% at 6-month follow-up, number of responses to SMS text messages, and number of HCa sessions completed |
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ARTb adherence | Visual analog scale, 4-week percent of doses taken, and DBSc for HIV viral load (viral suppression defined as <200 copies/mL) |
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Substance use | ASSISTd and AUDIT-Ce |
| Secondary outcomes | ||
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IMBf constructs-information | Knowledge of HIV transmission risk and ART knowledge |
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IMB constructs-motivation | Behavioral intentions and attitudes toward risk behaviors |
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IMB constructs-behavioral skills | Perceived efficacy as a proxy measure of behavior skills |
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STIg | Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia |
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Sexual risk | Timeline followback: sexual behaviors in the past 30 days |
| Secondary and exploratory—contextual factors | ||
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Mental health | Brief Symptom Inventory |
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Social support | Social Provision Scale |
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HIV stigma | Shortened version of the Berger Stigma Scale |
aHC: Healthy Choices.
bART: antiretroviral therapy.
cDBS: dried blood spot.
dASSIST: Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test.
eAUDIT-C: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test–Consumption.
fIMB: information-motivation-behavioral skills.
gSTI: sexually transmitted infection.